Ngo bo

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Key Term	ngowo
In Tibetan Script	ངོ་བོ་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	ngo bo
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	भाव
Romanized Sanskrit	bhāva
English Standard	essential nature
Richard Barron's English Term	essence
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	entity
Dan Martin's English Term	substance. NOT in the sense of material substance (as in materialism).
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. Often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.
Has the Sense of	According to Ives Waldo, it is similar to rang bzhin but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part whereas rang bzhin refers to the luminosity or clarity part.
Related Terms	svabhāva;rang bzhin
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	rang bzhin dang gnas lugs
Synonyms	rang bzhin

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.